Tempo of the Damned is the sixth album by thrash metal band Exodus. It marked their first full-length album of new material since 1992's Force of Habit.
This is Exodus' first studio album to feature Jack Gibson on bass. This album is also the result of Steve "Zetro" Souza's return to the band, after Exodus reunited with Bonded By Blood-era lead singer Paul Baloff for the release of their live album Another Lesson in Violence in 1997. Baloff died of a stroke in 2002 and Souza was invited back into the band, although this would prove to be the last album released to date to feature him, as he abandoned the group during their tour in South America in support of the album. Tempo of the Damned was also the last Exodus album to feature longtime guitarist Rick Hunolt. He returned to the band for their European tour in the summer of 2012, but did not rejoin permanently. Although this album was also the last to feature drummer Tom Hunting before his second departure, he has returned to the band since. Tempo of the Damned also marks Exodus' only studio album to contain a song credited to founding member Kirk Hammett, who found greater recognition as a member of Metallica. The others are their 1982 Demo cassette and the 1997 live release, Another Lesson in Violence, both of which featured the song "Impaler". Hammett brought one of "Impaler"'s riffs to the Metallica song "Trapped Under Ice", which was released on their 1984 album Ride the Lightning. Music videos were filmed for the songs "War is my Shepherd" and "Throwing Down," which largely consists of a jam performance. Tempo of the Damned sold almost 2,600 copies in its first week of release in the U.S and over 14,000 copies by September 13th, 2004 in the U.S. By January 2007, the album sold over 27,000 copies in the U.S
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